What's a good history of the black power movement (especially Black Panthers, Malcolm X, Stokely Carmichael, etc.)?

by PCLD
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Just like there is no one book that can capture all of World War II, there probably isn't one that can capture the entire movement.

Three I recommend (about the movement rather than the sensational stories) are:

  • SNCC: The New Abolitionists (A lot about Stokely Carmichael, a lot about the art of organizing. I read this a long time ago but it was amazing)

  • Body and Soul: The Black Panther Party and the Fight Against Medical Discrimination (more narrow subject matter but digs into actual organizing rather than the more dramatic parts of The Black Panthers)

  • Assata: An Autobiography (more personal but sheds light on the times and the ideas of the movement as well as the organized repression of the movement).